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 LC    Southern Anteater-Chat* Id (Atlas):
    Myrmecocichla formicivora

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Southern Anteater-Chat, Ant-Eateing Chat, Ant-eating Chat

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
17 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1818)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland.

Range (Guide)
Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland.

Vagrant to Zimbabwe.

Namibia east to south-western Zimbabwe, south to South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually in small groups.

Voice
A short, sharp 'peek', or 'piek'. Song is a varied mix of whistles and grating notes.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (52)...)

 
Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora) [XC312617]
     by Tony Archer from Cradock, Stormberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call)

 
Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora) [XC346911]
     by Tony Archer from Namibgrens area, Namibia (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Southern Anteater-Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora) - 10 files


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